Thread winding or spooling machine.



No. 685,003. Patented W422, 190:;

.1. 0. McKEAN. THREAD WINDING 0R SPDULING MACHINE.

I (Application Med Feb 7, 1800.) I (No Medal.) I 3 Sheets-Sheet i.

' Patented 05p 22, 1901.

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- J. 0. MGKEAN.

THREAD WIHDiNG 0R SPOOLING MACHiNE.

' (Application filed Feb. '7, 1900.)

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(No Model.)

- o .Qfulcrum {with rawing-frame John 0. MonnAn, or WESITF-IEILD, MAssAc iius 'rTsi THREAD WlNDtNG os seooune MACHINE.

SPECIFIGATION forming psrtof Letters Eatent No. 685,0b3, dated October 22, 1901. Application filed February 'h-lQOU. Serial No. 4,331- Nu model.) I 7 5 Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Thread finding or Spoofing Machines, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like characters on the draw- :0 ings representing like parts.

This invention has for its object the product-ion of a novel machine for indingor spodling thread upon shells, which may be of cone shape or tapered or be cylindrical or of uniform diaineter from end to end, the invention being also applicable to wind thread upon cone-shaped bobbins or spindlesfif desired. q

In my invention I employ astationaryguide- 2o wayiirrwhich is reciprocated a thread guide,

"and in connection with this thread-guide I employ a spindle having a carrier or tube,. upon which is applied the'shell or other device which is to re'ceivethe thread'or yarn,

said spindle when thethread-inass is to be conical occupying a position'diagonal to the line in which the thread-guide works, said spindle being carried-upon a swing-frame suitably counterbalanced to maintain the surface of'the wound-thread mass in proper contact with the face of the reciprocating threadguide, the spindle and thread mass being gradually forced away-from the plane in which the thread-guide is reciprocated as the thread 5 massincre'asesin diameter. The swing-frame is freeto turn about the-longitudinal axis of the cam device for actuating the thread I? guide.

Figure'l ofthe drawm gs represents a top or 46 pla'nview of a machine containing my pres ent improvements. Fig. 2 is a right-hand side elevation of the same, partially'in sec-' tion, to better show the construction of the operative parts. Fig. 3 is a front elevation ofthe machineshown in Fig. '1' looking at it from the left. Fig. 3* is a sectional detail to be described; Fig.3 is a detail showing the split hub of the swing-frame;

its clamping?- tension device, and the 'hub'f tuti s t e tailin section showing ash elevation ofv the machine shown in Fig. 1,th'e f framework being partially broken out. "Fig.

5 is an enlarged sectional detail showing the rotatable carrier and shell-holder with the shell mounted thereon, and Fig; 6 shows-the 51 1 4 dervnemovwTm p In the drawings, A represents a's-uitable bedplate or base which may be supported in any usual way, and in practice there will be several such bed-plates andparts carried thereby, mounted upon a bench orother su'pportat a short distance apart, so that an operator may attend to an n mber of the machines,

'to be described. Thebed-plate has suitable uprights ai, bored to constitute bearings for a shaft a (Shown chiefly by dottedlines in Fig. 2.) The shaft c has mounted upon it l-ooselya sleeve 6 which is surrounded by the hub of a thread-guide actuator b represented as provided with a spiral groove (2 the hub of the actuator beingiixed to the sleeve by suitable set-screws If. The sleeve has fi xed to it by a set-screw b a toothed gear I). The

shaft in at'the end of the sleeve 5 has fixed to it by a set-screw 20 a hub carrying a gear (1,-

The shaft a? is ezgtended through a hub ol fixed to the upright or end portion a, and receiving upon it loosely the hub d of a swinging frame-d The hub (i is split, as-represented in the detail, Fig. 3", to form two cars,

one of which is threaded, the threaded ear receiving a screw 03, which is also passed through a spring 03 the rotation of said will be required to turn it about the hub d". The shaft (2, has fixed upon it a suitable pulley a", which may-receive about it a suitable belt a, driven from any usual counter-shaft and by which the shaft a may be rotated constantly. The pulley of, having ahub a to j meet the end of the huh or sleeve d, has ex tended from it a cone-shaped driver a, which receives anddrives a belt of", extended about asecond reverse cone a fast on a shaft'a', sustained in suitable hearingsflaifi". The I g. the of ot which sfscrewed up screw enabling the swing-frame to be inounted so that a greater or less amount of strain I vided with an annular groove which is 611-- tered by part of a stand a, so that said shaft may be rotated whenever it'is desired to adjust the belt a on said pulleys a a to'drive the shaft a and the actuator b at a proper rate of speed to insure the desired separation one from the other of each coil or wind of the thread or yarn during, the winding operation and being presented to the thread mass bya thread-guide to be described.

The shaft'a? has mounted upon it at one side the fast pulley a a pulley a, the hub of whichabuts' a collar a)", secured to the shaft a by a set-screw a". The belt a is under the control of a fork it, connected with a shipper-rod it, having an attached collar h acted' upon by a spring h surrounding said rod, the opposite end of said spring contacting with the inner side of the upright a, the rod outsidesaid upright being notched to be engaged by a lever m or releasing device to be described, so that whenever the. thread breaks and said releasing device is moved thereby it willfree the rod h and let the spring h move the belt controller or shipper to put the belt upon the loose pulley a and stop the rotation of the actuator or drum having the'groove b and consequently arrest the movcmentof the thread-guide and the winding operation. 1 I

The spiral groove b of the actuator referred to receives in it a shoe b (see Fig. 32) mounted loosely uponastud extended from the base or foot I: of the thread-guide 5 extended upwardly from Said foot and having preferably its upper end'notched (see Fig. 2) to receive the thread to be wound.

The foot h of the thread-guide runs in a guideway 6 made in a cross-bar b fixed at itsopposite ends to the end pieces a and a of the framework, said 'foot being reciprocated in said fixed guirleway as the thread is being vound from one to the other end of the thread mass. The foot is kept in the guideway by means of suitable shimsor guard-plates c,

' (see Fig.3,) held in position by suitable screws c, a cooperating flange held in position by a set-screw c overriding the opposite edgev 'ofvthe foot, the flange 0 having erected. upon it a suitable guide-plate 0 having at its back suitable hollow .posts '0 which receive the shanks c of a rest a for the thread or yarn as v the latter in a notch in the upper end of the thread-guide is reciproca'ted to and fro in the winding operation,

The gear (1, fast on shaft (1 engages and rotates abevel-gear (1', fast on a tubular shaft (Z surrounding loosely an upright circular part of the swing-frame d having adj ustably connected with itslower end a con n-terbalancing {weight d the adjustment of said weight vertically on said frame enabling the upper end thereof to be turned with greater or less force toward the rest 0 as the-threadguide lays the thread in spiral coils upon the shell or receiver of whatever form The hollow shaft d has at its upper-end a essgooe I bevel-gear d, which engages a bevel-gear d,

fixed to the inner endof a carrier or tube (i surrounding loosely a stud 01 having at one end a hub split and provided with ears (1 which receive a clamp-screw d, by which to clamp the stud in any'desired position upon the upper end of the swing-frame d the stud being adjusted to occupy a position in a horizontal plane inclined with relation to the position occupied by the rest 0 andthe path of movement of the thread-guide, so that in case a conical shell is being wound with thread or yarn the surface of the yarn mass being wound upon said shell may always occupy a; position parallel with the path of movementof the reciprocating thread-guide.

The carrier or tube d is represented as provided with an enlargement or base e, tapered exteriorly, and with a sleeve portion cf, threaded atits outer end, and to maintain in position the shell e represented'herein as conical and supposed to be'made of paper or other light-weight material, I haveprovided ashell-holde'r e represented as conical in shapeand as having at its base end a flange e, the, holder being split at opposite points, as at 6 so that it may be expanded near the base end of the holder when the holder, having had applied to it a shell, is forced upon the base e of the carrier pr. ube. Before, however, applying the shell td zheholderl insort in the shell from its base end a conical nut 6 threaded internally to engage the screw-threads of the tubular part e of the carrier, and thereafter I-insert the holder in the shell until the smaller end of the cone meets the end of the nut, and then Iapply the holder containing the. shell to the-carrier,

securing the nut e upon the sleeve of the carrier.

dinal motion on the-stud d", which is represented of two diameters, by means .of a shoulder d on the stud meeting'a shoulder of the carrier and by means of a Washer 01 meet.- ing theouter end of the sleeve, said washer being held in contact with the. sleevebya suitable set-screw (1 From the foregoing description it will be understood that the carrier is rotateda'bout the stud d by or through the gearing described from the shaft a, that the mass of thread being woundupon the shell e will increase uniformly. from end to end of said shell, -and that as the thread is laid layer.

after layer upon the shell the periphery of the woundmass of thread acting against the rest 0 and the thread-guide will be gradually moved to the left in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 3, the force necessary to be over-.

come to enable the stud and the carrier to.

move in the arcof a. circle away from the fixed path in which the thread-guide reciprocates beingmeasured by the adjustment of the eounterbalancingweight. d upon the; lower end offsaid's'w-ing-frame, this weight 7 being adjusted to occupy varying positions,

' I 0 a i I I 1 v The carrier is maintained against longitu- 45 threrrl-guide, said 60 Fig. 3, holding said for the upper end of a releasing lever orde- 'upright f and thence under the ley a to drive the shaft c and rotate the acaccording to the strength of the thread or yarn and the hardness of the thread mass desired.

The thread to be wound on the shell comes from any suitable source through a tension device, herein represented as composed of two members, one member consisting of a series of curved bars or supports fivbetween which enter suitable opposed tension members f, being stationary on or with relation to an up-, right f having at its upper end a projection f to constitutea threadrrest, the opposed tension member f being carried by a lever f pivotally mounted on a rock-shaftfg-said rock-shaft having connected with it an arm f upon which is adjiistably mounted a weight f to control the tension of the yarn at starting, the adjustment of the weight being necessary in order to adapt the tension to diderent strengths of yarn; The rockshaft f has a connected stud which is in engagement with asecond arm 1", extended up wardly and connected with a linkf jointed at its inner end at to thevswing-frarne, so that as said swing-frame is moved by the increasing diameter of the yarn mass the periphery of said mass traveling at a faster surface speed as the yarn mass increases in diameter will move the lever f i'uthe direction of the arrow near its upper end i'njJFig. 3, thus relieving the tension on the thread, so that" the thread may be delivered more freely to the more rapidly moving thread mass. The link f is slotted to engage a stud 12 of the arm f so that in case it is desired to release the tension entirely for any purpose the link may be engaged by hand and released from its engagement with the pin 12.

The machine to be operative in the best manner should have a stop-motion device, and such device is hereinrepresented as composed, essentially, of a weighted lever g, pivoted at g and having a finger 9 which hangs by its weight upon the thread 25, going to the thread after leaving the uppermpst friction surface f being passed over the projection f at the upper end of the projection 9 the thread then passing over the, bar c and entering the usual notch in the upper end of the threadguide. The upright a of the framework has pivoted upon'it at m a lever 722', having at its inner end an upwardly, turned arm in, which when. the thread is being delivered properly acts as a support 'viee m, pivoted at m the lower arm of said releasing device en'gagin g a suitable no'tchin the shipper-rod h andwhen in the position,

shipper-rod in such position as to keep the belt c upon the fast pulator-drhm device'oarrying the spiral groove henthe thread 13 is unbrokemjaproend of which may be rolls, the supports};-

afixfe d ardener at mi, (se Fig; t dedhnmlth r f feetismponihe.outene which is held up'by the thread g of lever g,

in position to insure the keeping the lever m retention of the driving-belt on the fast pulley a 4 but when the threadis broken the projection 9 will rctirefrom under the end of the lever m, letting saidlever, which is heaviest at its. outer end, turn, causing the projection m thereof, acting against the upper direction of the rod h, lettingthe spring h move the shipper to transfer the driving-belt o, onto the loose pulley a. By ad justably con necting the "stud d upon which is mounted the carrier or tube, with the upper-end of the-swing the lever'm to'turn that lever in the arrow 12, Fig. 3, releasing the frame it is possible to change the longitudinal axis of said carrier-with relation to the plane occupied by the rest 0 to the path of movement of the thread-guide to adapt the machine to use shells of' any degree-of taper or parallel shells, so that the same machine may be readily adapted to wind either cones or conical shells or tubular shells, Herein the center'of motion of the tipping frame is coincidentwith the center of rotation of the actuator or drum for movingthe thread-guide,

and consequently anychange of position of the stud upon which is mounted the carrier containing the shell receiving the thread or yarn, due to increasing diameter of the thread mass,- always results in maintaining thelongitudinal axis of'the winding-thread mass at the same distance from the actuating shaft a and the winding action is just the same in all conditions of diameter of the thread mass.

It will be noticed that the actuator for moving the thread-guide is mounted loosely on the shaft a which imparts motion to the shell-holder, and also that said actuat-or is rotated in the same direction as said shaft,'it being possible thereby togreatly increase' 'the eifective speed of the machine, for the reason that the friction which would beexerte'd between the hollow sleeve carrying the actuator and the shaft if said sleeve and-shaft ran in opposite directions would be excessive and would maternally reduce the speedof the ma chine.

Having described my invention, what claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, i's I '5 q e .1. In a machine for winding thread o are, a threadguide, a fixed guideway rarin rotatable actuator for reciprocating saidthreade guide, the center of rotation of said actuator-,a

stud

carried by andy extendedlaterally from 'said,

a swing-frame mounted to turnahout frame, and a shell-carrier sustained revoluhly on said stud, said swing-frame,

shell-carrier being" movable""aritomatically about its pivot as the mass of thread being. wound increases in diameter. 1 2. In arnachin'e forwindingt hiead id inv te i -3, b eede -r I I 'n-saidgiiide f I for eciproea'tin'g.

pivot coincident with the center of..ro'tation of saidactuator, and a stud connected 'withsaid swing-frame and occupying a position, at an angle to the path of reciprocation of said thread-guide, a conical' shellcarrier mounted on said'stud and adapted to. sustain a cone-shaped shell, said swing-frame, its

- stud and shell-carrier being movable auto matically about its pivot as the mass of thread being wound increases in'diamete'r.

'3. In a machine for winding thread or yarn, a shaft, a spirally-grooved cam mounted on said shaft, a stationary guidcway, a threadguide adapted to be reciprocated in said guideway by said cam, a loosely-pivoted sw-ing-. frame, a tubular shaft or sleeve surrounding said swing-frame loosely and provided with a gear at or c ear each end,"a gear carried by said shaft to. rotate saidsleeve, a stud extended from said frame, a shell-carrier mount ed looselyon s'aid stud and having an attached gear engaged and driven by a'gear of said tubular shaft and means to rotate said shaft and said cam at any desired speed to provide for difierent windings as to steepness of 'spirality. I 4. In a machine for winding thread or yarn, a thread-guide,means to reciprocate the same in a fixed line, a counterbalanced looselymounted swing-frame, a horizontal stud .adjusta'ble on said swing-frame, a shell-carrier having an attached gear and mounted loosely on said stud, gearing carried by said swing-" frame to rotate said 'shell-carrier.- in any position assumed bysaid frame and shell-holder due to increasing diameter of thread wound on the shel1,'said frame, shell-holder and shell swinging automatically in the arc of a circle Y a thread-guide,

as the thread mass increases in diameter.

5. In a machinefor winding thread or yarn, means to reciprocate the same in a fixed position, a counterbalanced looselymounted swing-frame, a horizontal stud adjustable on said swing-frame, a shell-carrierv having an attached gear and mounted loosely onsaid stud, gearing'carried by said swingframe to rotate said shell-carrier in any position assumed by'said frame and shell-holder "due'to increasing diameter of thread wound on theshell, said frame, shell-holder and shell swinging automatically in thearo of a circle fmme to rotate said hHgQftl'IiQl' inan'y posi- "tion assumed by said frame-and shell-holder due to increasing diameter of thread wound on the shell, saidframe, shell-helderand shell swinging automatically in the are of a circle ;as the thread mass increases in diameter, and

means to stop the rotation of the thread-guidemoving cam when the thread breaks.

g 7." In a machine for Winding thread or yarn, a thread-guide, a'fixed guideway therefor, an actuator for said'thread-guide, means to retate the said ractnator, a swin g-fra me mounted to turn ahoiit the axis of rotation of said ac tuatorya stud mounted 'on said frame, a carrier or tube mounted on said stud and adapted to sustain a shell,'means carried by said swingframe to rotate said carrier or tube, and connections between the means for moving said actuator and the means for rotating the carrier or tube, to vary the relative speed of rotation of's'aid actuator and said carrier or tube to'provide for winding the thread in spirals more or less separated one from the other?" 8. In awinding-machine, a thread-guide, a gu'ideway forthe same, means to carry a shellholder to receive the material to be wound, a shaft, an intermediate device to rotate said shell-holder, an actuator mounted loosely on said shaft, and means to rotate said actuator at any desired speed, about said shaft and in the direction of its rotation.

9. In a winding-machine, a swing-frame carrying a shell-holder, a thread-guide, a ten,- sion device acting directly on the thread to control the tension thereon as the thread goes tothe thread-guide, and a connection between said swing-frame and tension device to automatically move thesame and lessen the tension of the thread being wound as the thread 10. .In a winding-machine, a swing-frame carrying a shell-holder, a thread-guide, a tension de'viceto control the tension on the thread going to the thread-guide,"and a slotted connection between said swing-frame and tension device, said slot permitting the tension device to bemoved by hand to release the tension when desired.

11. In a winding-machine, a swing-frame carrying a shell-holder, a thread-guide, a tension device acting directly on thethread to control thetension thereon as the thread goes to the thread-guide, a connection between said swing-frame and tension device to automatically move the same and lessen the'tension of the threadbeing wound as the thread mass on-theshell-holdcr increases in diameter,

and stop-motion devices set into operation by the breaking of the thread.

,In testimony whereof .I havesigned my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

' Vitnesses:

GEO; W. GREGORY, vMJA, DUNN.

* mass on the'shell-holder increases in diameter. 

